fraist

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of). UK,ambitransitive,dialectal,obsolete
    — Þen found he no frekes to fraist on his strenght.
  2. To learn by trial; experience. UK,dialectal,obsolete,transitive
  3. To seek to learn; ask; inquire. obsolete,transitive
  4. To seek; be eager for; desire. obsolete,transitive
  5. To go forth on an expedition; sally forth. intransitive,obsolete

词形变化

fraists present,singular,third-person fraisting participle,present fraisted participle,past fraisted past

词汇关系

相关词
fraise

词源

From Middle English fraisten, freisten, frasten, from Old Norse freista (“to try, tempt, make trial of”), from Proto-Germanic *fraistōną (“to try”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, risk”). Cognate with Icelandic freista (“to tempt”), Swedish fresta (“to try, tempt, tantalise”), Danish friste (“to try, tempt”), Old English frāsian (“to ask, inquire, tempt, try”). More at fraise.
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